Tag Archives: France

Good News Friday

Posted on 14 June 2019 by

It’s been a crazy (but enjoyable) couple of weeks with the birth of our new grandson, the “Sholom Zochor” (a Friday night reception) to welcome him, the brit (circumcision) – the baby is called Akiva Menachem ♥ – and then … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, International relations, Israel news, Slice of Israeli life, Technology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Yom Hashoah 5778 – 2018

Posted on 12 April 2018 by

Yom Hashoah began at sundown this evening with the annual ceremony at Yad Vashem with torches lit in memory of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Shoah. You can read the torchlighters life stories here. In his speech at … Continue reading →

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Antisemitism updates

Posted on 1 June 2017 by

The celebrations and festivities are over (for now) and it’s back to normal programming. I’ve not been online much these past few weeks (family stuff) so it’s time to catch up on all the horrible stuff out there (not necessarily … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Antisemitism, Incitement, Lawfare and Delegitimization | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

The Paris Piece Conference

Posted on 16 January 2017 by

While the Paris Peace Piece Conference’s aims were ostensibly to bring about peace between Israel and the Palestinians, it was quite clear from the start that its only intention was to make Israel give up a piece of this and … Continue reading →

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Gestures of support for Israel after the terror attack, but no change in EU policy

Posted on 12 January 2017 by

After this week’s terror attack Israelis were pleasantly surprised (if that’s the right term) and even gratified to see symbolic expressions of support extended to us from around the world. This is in stark contrast to previous attacks where, besides … Continue reading →

Posted in International relations, Lawfare and Delegitimization, support Israel, Terrorism | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

The world’s gone mad – attacks all over Europe and beyond

Posted on 26 July 2016 by

It has come to the situation where you wake up in the morning and are scared to turn on the news for fear of hearing about yet another ISIS-inspired atrocity, a mass shooting, hostage taking or worse. Europe is under … Continue reading →

Posted in Incitement, Terrorism | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments